The coach of the XV of France admits that his team was in difficulty this Sunday in Italy, despite the victory (24-29).
Fabien Galthié, coach of the XV of France after the 29-24 victory in Italyat the microphone of France Television: “There is positive anyway because there is an improved victory. The objective of the quality of performance was not achieved, the fault of the Italians who prevented us (from being efficient, editor’s note), but also of our attitude towards the refereeing since we were sanctioned 18 times, especially in areas where normally you should not make a mistake when there was no danger. (Against Ireland next Saturday in Dublin) We have an interesting working base, a base on which we will be able to rely. We are struggling to start the tournament, it was the same last year, our tour debut was not successful against Australia and Argentina. Obviously there is the quality of the game (from Italy, editor’s note). However, we have worked well, we have a lot of experience. We see that today we were in difficulty essentially in this area. There are things that we have not been able to implement. I think we will quickly rectify the situation.»